Koudai Tsukakoshi
| Koudai Tsukakoshi | |
|---|---|
 Tsukakoshi in 2010. | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 20 November 1986 Imaichi (now Nikkō), Tochigi, Japan |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Real Racing |
| Car number | 17 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Podiums | 23 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2013 |
| Super Formula career | |
| Debut season | 2009 |
| Teams | HFDP Racing, Team Dandelion Racing, Real Racing |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 10 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2012 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008 2005–07 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series All-Japan Formula Three Formula Dream |
Koudai Tsukakoshi (塚越広大, Tsukakoshi Kōdai, born 20 November 1986) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation who currently competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing.
Career[edit]
Formula Three[edit]
After competing in Formula Dream in 2004 and 2005, winning the championship in his second year, Tsukakoshi moved into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for the final three rounds of the 2005 season, finishing fourteenth in the standings competing for M-TEC. He remained with the team for the 2006 season, finishing fifth in the standings, taking a victory at Suzuka. Another fifth place championship finish followed in 2007, as Tsukakoshi took two wins for Honda Team Real at Okayama and Suzuka. He also finished in second place at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport; finishing behind Oliver Jarvis.[1] Tsukakoshi moved to Manor Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2008 season.[2] He finished seventh in the championship standings, with a best result of second place on four occasions.
Super Formula[edit]
After a season in Europe, Tsukakoshi made his debut in Formula Nippon in 2009 with HFDP Racing which run by Real Racing. He raced with them before move to Dandelion Racing. He competed with the team, and he managed to close to win the title, just lose out to Kazuki Nakajima by three points. In 2013, he returns to Real Racing, and he raced with them for six seasons. Tsukakoshi initially not compete for 2019 season, bu he replaces Tristan Charpentier after the first round because he had qualified two seconds off the pace in the first round and crashed heavily in the race. Tsukakoshi then race for the rest of the season.[3] Real Racing announced it has withdrawn from the 2020 season thus left Tsukakoshi without a seat.[4] He then moves to new team Drago Corse to cover for Tatiana Calderon who unable to enter Japan due to visa issues.[5] Calderon missed Autopolis, Sugo, and the fifth round at Motegi and Tsukakoshi was her replacement.
Tsukakoshi thn picked by the series to develop the new Dallara-built SF23 chassis as the test driver of Honda representative. Also he is part of new Threebond Racing formerly Drago Corse as an advisory.[6]
Super GT[edit]
Tsukakoshi made one race debut with Real Racing in 2008. After that he is the main driver for Real Racing from 2009 till now. He won many races in his Super GT career, and managed to get runners up in 2013.
Racing record[edit]
Career summary[edit]
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
MIN 1 |
MIN 2 |
FUJ 1 11 |
FUJ 2 7 |
MIN 1 7 |
MIN 2 8 |
MOT 1 12 |
MOT 2 5 |
14th | 19 |
| 2006 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | FUJ 1 2 |
FUJ 2 5 |
SUZ 1 12 |
SUZ 2 9 |
MOT 1 7 |
MOT 2 3 |
OKA 1 2 |
OKA 2 4 |
SUZ 1 1 |
SUZ 2 2 |
AUT 1 7 |
AUT 2 4 |
FUJ 1 13 |
FUJ 2 11 |
SUG 1 5 |
SUG 2 5 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 11 |
5th | 153 | ||
| 2007 | Honda Team Real | Mugen | FUJ 1 7 |
FUJ 2 5 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 6 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 4 |
OKA 1 3 |
OKA 2 1 |
SUZ 1 3 |
SUZ 2 1 |
AUT 1 5 |
AUT 2 5 |
AUT 3 Ret |
FUJ 1 2 |
FUJ 2 2 |
SEN 1 6 |
SEN 2 8 |
SEN 3 4 |
MOT 1 5 |
MOT 2 8 |
5th | 182 |
Complete Super GT results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | HFDP Racing | FUJ 6 |
SUZ 5 |
MOT 4 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 9 |
MOT 10 |
AUT Ret |
SUG 4 |
7th | 20 | |
| 2010 | SUZ 8 |
MOT 2 |
FUJ 11 |
MOT 10 |
SUG Ret |
AUT Ret |
SUZ 10 |
SUZ 12 |
9th | 9 | ||
| 2011 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | SUZ 7 |
AUT 3 |
FUJ 5 |
MOT 4 |
SUZ C |
SUG 4 |
MOT 3 |
MOT 8 |
4th | 26.5 | |
| 2012 | SUZ 2 |
MOT 5 |
AUT 1 |
FUJ 9 |
MOT 3 |
SUG 2 |
SUZ 3 |
SUZ 3 |
2nd | 43 | ||
| 2013 | HP Real Racing | SUZ 9 |
AUT 6 |
FUJ 9 |
MOT 9 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ Ret |
SUZ Ret |
15th | 3 | ||
| 2014 | SUZ 14 |
FUJ DNS |
FUJ 9 |
FUJ Ret |
MOT 6 |
AUT 4 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ 8 |
SUZ 13 |
11th | 8.5 | |
| 2015 | Real Racing | SUZ DNS |
OKA 14 |
FUJ 13 |
MOT Ret |
AUT 17 |
SUG 9 |
SUZ 9 |
SUZ 11 |
17th | 0 | |
| 2016 | SUZ 5 |
OKA 2 |
FUJ 8 |
MOT 12 |
OKA 5 |
OKA 11 |
SUG 11 |
SUZ 11 |
SUZ 12 |
11th | 11 | |
| 2017 | SUZ 6 |
OKA 11 |
OKA 16 |
FUJ 9 |
MOT 9 |
AUT 9 |
SUG 16 |
SUZ C |
SUZ C |
15th | 3 | |
| 2018 | SUZ 6 |
AUT C |
SUG 12 |
FUJ 13 |
MOT 10 |
OKA 12 |
SUZ 6 |
13th | 6 | |||
| 2019 | SUZ | AUT 15 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 18 |
MOT 18 |
OKA 14 |
SUZ 7 |
19th | 2 | |||
| 2020 | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | MOT | OKA 12 |
SUG Ret |
AUT | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ | 24th | 0 | ||
| 2021 | FUJ |
SUZ |
AUT 13 |
SUG 16 |
MOT Ret |
MOT |
SUZ |
22nd | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Jarvis dominates Polytec Formula Three Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ "Japanese F3 champion joins Manor Motorsport". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ Thukral, Rachit (9 May 2019). "Rookie Charpentier axed after one Super Formula race". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Real Racing withdraws from 2020 Super Formula season". Motorsport Network. 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Tatiana Calderon forced to miss Okayama Super Formula round". www.motorsport.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "ThreeBond takes over Drago Corse Super Formula entry". motorsports.com. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Koudai Tsukakoshi career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
- Japanese racing drivers
- Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
- Super GT drivers
- Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- Super Formula drivers
- Manor Motorsport drivers
- 20th-century Japanese people
- 21st-century Japanese people
- Dandelion Racing drivers
- Prema Powerteam drivers